Bracon (Bracon) variegator SPINOLA

Papp, J., 2008, A revision of the Bracon (subgenera Bracon s. str., Cyanopterobracon, Glabrobracon, Lucobracon, Osculobracon subgen. n., Pigeria) species described by SZÉPLIGETI from the western Palaearctic Region (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Braconinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1), pp. 1741-1837 : 1793

Bracon (Bracon) variegator SPINOLA

Bracon variegator SPINOLA 1808: 118 , type locality: "montibus Oreri" (near Torino, Italy), syntype series in Museo Regionale di Scienza Naturali, Torino (cf. C. CASORALI & R. CASORALI MORENO 1980: 52). - NEES 1834: 89 (redescription). SHENEFELT 1978: 1613 (as Habrobracon variegator , synonyms, literature up to 1974). TOBIAS 1986: 119 (in key).

Bracon melanosoma SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 261 () , 263 () (in key), 276 (description) (in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): 162 (), 164 () (in key), 172 (description) (in German), type locality: "P.-Maróth" (=Pilismarót, Hungary), female lectotype (and two female paralectotypes) in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - TOBIAS 1961: 153 (as synonym of Habrobracon nanulus SZÉPLIGETI ). PAPP 1968: 210 (as B. variegator var. melanosomus ). SHENEFELT 1978: 1614 (as synonym of Habrobracon variegator , literature up to 1968). TOBIAS 1986: not mentioned. PAPP 2004: 177 (type designation and depository, synonym of B. variegator ).

Bracon micros SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 270 (in key), 283 (description) in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): 191 (in key), 196 (description) (in German), type locality: "Szár" ( Hungary), female lectotype in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - TOBIAS 1961: 153 (as synonym of Habrobracon nanulus ). SHENEFELT 1978: 1641 (as valid species, literature up to 1974). TOBIAS 1986: not mentioned. PAPP 2004: 177 (type designation and depository, as synonym of B. variegator ).

Bracon nanulus SZÉPLIGETI 1901a: 261 (in key), 276 (description) (in Hungarian), 1904 (1901): 162 (in key), 172 (description) (in German), type locality: " Budapest " ( Hungary), female lectotype in Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum, Budapest; examined. - TOBIAS 1961: 153 (as valid species, redescription under the name Habrobracon nanulus ). SHENEFELT 1978: 1614 (as synonym of B. variegator , literature up to 1974). TOBIAS 1986: 119 (as synonym of B. variegator ). PAPP 2004: 178 (type designation and depository, as synonym of B. variegator ).

R e m a r k: Similar to B. variator the species B. variegator is also a highly variable one viewing its colour pattern, corporal size and sculpture of body. The forms described as three species by Szépligeti are but variabilities within the scope of B. variegator (the name by SPINOLA indicates its variability). The redescription, taxonomic position and promoting its recognition by identification key is planned to be presented in a revision of the European species of Bracon .